There has been a change of government with the incoming government pledging
to support the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

We are devising a proposal for the most effective way for government to
announce the change in position at the national and international level. We
hope to have action on 10 December, the International Day for Human Rights.

I will update you on developments as soon as concrete plans are made.

In the meantime please consider these two matters:

(1) Writing to the Prime Minister of Australia, urging that the government
play a leadership role in promoting the rights of Indigenous Peoples at the
international level. The address would be:

[If you send copies of your correspondence to me, via email, we will be able
to keep account of the representations, and take follow-up action.]

(2) Seeking support from the Australian Ambassadors to UN, by sponsoring and
otherwise supporting resolutions on Indigenous Rights.

I will keep you informed of developments in the policies of the Australian
Government. We have our own plans at the domestic level to raise the levels
of understanding and commitment to Indigenous rights.

In the meantime we are celebrating the end of 11 years of extreme racist and
facist government. The historical element of this election is that the
former Prime Minister, John Howard, is likely to lose his seat in the
parliament, thus making him only the second Prime Minister in Australia to
lose his seat whilst in office. The first was Stanley Bruce in 1929.